diff --git a/enclosure/README.md b/enclosure/README.md
index 5de1fe7..c12d493 100644
--- a/enclosure/README.md
+++ b/enclosure/README.md
@@ -44,6 +44,25 @@ Every value marked `MEASURE` in the `.scad` file is an estimate. With calipers,
 
 Change a value, then re-export: `openscad -D 'PART="body"' -o stl/body.stl hermes_robot.scad`.
 
+### Regenerating the STLs and the renders
+
+Checked 2026-10-05 with OpenSCAD 2021.01: every file in `stl/`, `poster/pose/`, `renders/` and the
+poster matches the model (same triangles; the two PNGs differ in a handful of anti-aliased pixels).
+Without installing anything, via Docker:
+
+```bash
+O="docker run --rm --user $(id -u):$(id -g) -v $PWD:/src -w /src openscad/openscad:2021.01"
+$O openscad -D 'PART="body"' -o stl/body.stl hermes_robot.scad          # any PART
+# PNGs need a virtual display with GLX and software GL; without these flags it hangs
+R="docker run --rm --user $(id -u):$(id -g) -v $PWD:/src -w /src -e LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1 openscad/openscad:2021.01 \
+   xvfb-run -a -s '-screen 0 1280x1024x24 +extension GLX' openscad --imgsize=1100,1500 --viewall --autocenter --colorscheme=Tomorrow"
+$R -o renders/assembly.png --camera=0,0,0,72,0,-30,500 -D 'PART="assembly"' hermes_robot.scad
+$R -o renders/exploded.png --imgsize=1100,1700 --camera=0,0,0,70,0,150,500 -D 'PART="exploded"' hermes_robot.scad
+```
+
+Known quirk: `back.stl` has two non-manifold edges (four faces meet at one corner, near the
+back's rear screw cup); slicers repair it silently.
+
 ## Print the test pieces first
 
 | Piece | What it checks | Rough time |
diff --git a/enclosure/poster/README.md b/enclosure/poster/README.md
index a8fe010..ac695a7 100644
--- a/enclosure/poster/README.md
+++ b/enclosure/poster/README.md
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@ cd enclosure
 for n in base servo_pan plate body yoke servo_tilt cradle camera; do
   openscad -o poster/pose/$n.stl -D "PART=\"pose_$n\"" -D '$fn=48' hermes_robot.scad
 done
-openscad -o /dev/null -D 'PART="pose_info"' hermes_robot.scad   # prints WIN / LED coordinates
+openscad -o /tmp/pose_info.stl -D 'PART="pose_info"' hermes_robot.scad   # prints WIN / LED coordinates
 python3 poster/render_poster.py
 ```
 
 If the window or LED positions change, copy the printed `WIN` and `LED` values into
-`render_poster.py`. `face.png` is a frame captured from `docs/face-prototype.html` (flat shape,
+`render_poster.py`. The script needs the DejaVu fonts (Debian `fonts-dejavu`, Arch `ttf-dejavu`); elsewhere, set
+`POSTER_FONT_DIR` to a folder holding them. `face.png` is a frame captured from `docs/face-prototype.html` (flat shape,
 P7, speaking). Requires `numpy`, `trimesh` and `Pillow`.
diff --git a/enclosure/poster/render_poster.py b/enclosure/poster/render_poster.py
index 8664588..fdd4cf0 100644
--- a/enclosure/poster/render_poster.py
+++ b/enclosure/poster/render_poster.py
@@ -32,10 +32,26 @@ AMBER  = np.array([1.00, 0.66, 0.24])        # phosphor / sodium light
 WARM   = np.array([0.95, 0.86, 0.70])        # edge highlight
 TEAL   = np.array([0.30, 0.66, 0.70])        # contours, grid
 SCREEN = np.array([0.66, 0.82, 1.00])        # P7 phosphor: blue-white
-FONT_B = "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf"
-FONT_L = "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSans-ExtraLight.ttf"
-FONT_C = "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSansCondensed.ttf"
-FONT_M = "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSansMono.ttf"
+
+
+def find_font(name):
+    """A DejaVu font by file name. Looks in $POSTER_FONT_DIR first, then where Debian/Ubuntu, Arch and
+    Fedora keep it, so the poster renders on any of them; fails with a clear message otherwise."""
+    import os
+    dirs = [os.environ.get("POSTER_FONT_DIR", ""), "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu", "/usr/share/fonts/TTF",
+            "/usr/share/fonts/dejavu", "/usr/share/fonts/dejavu-sans-fonts", "/usr/share/fonts/dejavu-sans-mono-fonts",
+            os.path.expanduser("~/.local/share/fonts"), os.path.expanduser("~/.fonts")]
+    for d in dirs:
+        if d and os.path.isfile(os.path.join(d, name)):
+            return os.path.join(d, name)
+    sys.exit(f"render_poster.py needs the DejaVu font {name}. Install DejaVu (Debian: fonts-dejavu, "
+             f"Arch: ttf-dejavu) or put dejavu-fonts-ttf-2.37/ttf/ somewhere and set POSTER_FONT_DIR to it.")
+
+
+FONT_B = find_font("DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf")
+FONT_L = find_font("DejaVuSans-ExtraLight.ttf")
+FONT_C = find_font("DejaVuSansCondensed.ttf")
+FONT_M = find_font("DejaVuSansMono.ttf")
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------ camera
 target = np.array([0.0, 0.0, 112.0])